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DefMin Les: Romania will have maintenance centres for Patriot missile systems
Romania will create maintenance centres for the Patriot surface-to-air missile systems, National Defence Minister Gabriel Les announced on Thursday. According to him, the creation of the maintenance centres is part of the contract Romania concluded with the US partners, which also provides industrial cooperation regarding the missile system.
Three separate gas canister attacks reported in Athens
Police in Athens are investigating three separate attacks with homemade explosive devices made of gas canisters, in the early hours of Friday.
Police on trail of bombers
A chemical analysis report in the wake of last Monday's bomb attack on the building housing Skai TV and Kathimerini newspaper in southern Athens provided further indications that the Group of Popular Fighters were behind the blast, police said on Saturday.
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Homemade firebombs used in attack on Thessaloniki church
Unidentified vandals used homemade gas canister bombs to target a church in Thessaloniki in the early hours of Monday, causing minor damage and no injuries.
The explosion caused by the homemade bombs damaged the external walls of the church, located in the Saranta Ekklisies (40 Churches) neighborhood of the northern city, police said.
Army mine clearance squad clears land of munitions
The Hellenic Army's Land Mine Clearance Squad (TENX) recovered a total of 106 missiles, 42 hand grenades and 13 land mines dating to various conflicts from different parts of the country as part of a clearance operation last month, defense officials said on Wednesday.
The munitions were all destroyed in controlled procedures by TENX experts.
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Bulgaria Returns 190,000 Undismantled Yugoslavian Landmines to Greece
Bulgaria has returned 190,500 anti-personnel mines to Greece due to an incident at a plant where they should have been destroyed, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, reports Sputnik.
Two Explosive Devices were Found in an Apartment in London
British police have launched a terror investigation after two homemade bombs were found hidden in a North London flat, reported the Sun.
The lethal devices were found dumped in the empty flat in Harlesden just after 9.30am on Wednesday.
The block in Craven Park was evacuated before a crack Met bomb squad swooped in to disable the explosives.
West Helps Bosnia Dispose of Yugoslav Weapons
Bosnia and Herzegovina plan to destroy 8.3 tons of remaining old munitions and mine-explosive devices, known as MIMES, by the end of 2020.
The Netherlands has been contributing to the destruction of this unstable ammunition for four years, and this year donation to this goal is worth around 200,000 euros.
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Turkey says Russian S-400 systems installation to begin October 2019
Turkey will begin works for the deployment of the Russian made S-400 air defense systems by October 2019, the defense minister has said, informing that selected military personnel will be sent to Russia for training on how to use the sophisticated anti-ballistic weapons.
Turkish defense giant succeeds in torpedo marine tests
Turkey’s leading defense company ASELSAN has completed its test for the prototype of an anti-torpedo torpedo, a countermeasure system, successfully, according to the company.